An x-ray device for recording projection images of a patient features a C-arm on the ends of which an x-ray source and an x-ray detector are accommodated. The x-ray detector is accommodated on the C-arm so that translation movements can be executed with the x-ray detector in relation to the C-arm. This allows the angulation area or the area of the x-ray device with which an image can be recorded to be increased.
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1. A device for recording projection images, comprising:
a C-arm support;
a radiation source arranged on the support and configured to be moved with the support to be positionable about a patient placed on a patient bed so that the radiation passes through the patient;
a radiation detector arranged on an opposite side of the support relative to the radiation source and configured to be moved around the patient in accordance with movement of the radiation source;
said apparatus having an imaging geometry in which the radiation source and the radiation detector face each other;
said radiation detector further configured to detect radiation emitted by the radiation source and to generate projection images of the patient based on the detected radiation; and,
a controller configured to:
move, by a moving device, the radiation detector;
(i) translatorily relative to the support; and,
(ii) translatorily relative to the source;
wherein the translatory movements of the radiation detector include parallel movements relative to a center radiation beam emitted by the radiation source;
execute both a forward movement of the radiation detector relative to a lengthwise direction along the patient bed and a lifting movement of the radiation detector relative to the lengthwise direction along the patient bed; and,
wherein, during said movements, said imaging geometry is preserved and the size of the area for which the image is to be recorded is increased, while said C-arm support is angled for caudal imaging with a tilting movement by a tilting device.
7. A device for recording projection images, comprising:
a radiation source arranged on a C-arm support and configured to be moved with the support around an imaging object;
a radiation detector arranged on an opposite side of the support relative to the radiation source and configured to be moved around the imaging object in accordance with the moving of the radiation source, the radiation detector further configured to detect radiation emitted by the radiation source and to generate projection images of the imaging object based on the detected radiation;
said apparatus having an imaging geometry in which the radiation source and the radiation detector face each other;
a controller configured to:
move, by a moving device, the radiation detector;
(i) translatorily relative to the support; and,
(ii) translatorily relative to the source;
wherein the translatory movements of the radiation detector include parallel movements relative to a center radiation beam emitted by the radiation source;
execute both a forward movement of the radiation detector relative to a lengthwise direction along the patient bed and a lifting movement of the radiation detector relative to the lengthwise direction along the patient; and
wherein, during said movements, said imaging geometry is preserved and the size of the area for which the image is to be recorded is increased, while said C-arm support is angled for caudal imaging with a tilting movement by a tilting device; and,
a monitoring device for detecting a danger of collision by the radiation source or by the radiation detector while operating the device and for controlling the translatory movement by the radiation source or by of the radiation detector to avoid the collision.
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a monitoring device for detecting a danger of collision by the radiation source or by the radiation detector while operating the device and for controlling the translatory movement by the radiation source or by the radiation detector to avoid the collision.
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This application claims priority to the German Application No. 10 2005 014 188.9, filed Mar. 29, 2005 which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The invention relates to a device for recording projection images with:
This type of device is known from DE 101 33 657 A1. The known device features a C-arm which can be rotated around the object, which features a radiation source at one end and a radiation detector at the other. To enable the radiation detector to be moved as close as possible to the object to be investigated, the radiation detector is supported so that it can rotated on the C-arm. As a result of the ability to rotate the radiation detector into any position relative to the C arm, the radiation detector can be aligned so that, despite that fact that it is as close as possible to the object to be examined, for example a patient, a patient table or such like, it does not collide with it. Thus the radiation detector of the known device does not have to be exchanged in particular applications. Instead it is possible to adapt the device to the relevant application by rotating the radiation detector.
A disadvantage of the known device is that a radiation detector with a rectangular-shaped detector surface can only be rotated if it is in a position which allows the radiation detector to be rotated without colliding with anything. If the distance is too small the corners of the radiation detector collide with the obstacle. However there is the opportunity of basically rotating the radiation detector before it approaches an obstacle so that it can be moves as close as possible to the obstacle. The other option is to first move the radiation detector back if it is established that it is necessary to rotate the radiation detector. After the radiation detector is rotated it is moved towards the obstacle again. However in practice both these methods are rather cumbersome.
An object of the invention is thus to create a device for recording projection images which allows obstacles to be negotiated in a flexible manner.
This object is achieved by a device with the features of the independent claim. Advantageous embodiments and developments are specified in their dependent claims.
The outstanding feature of the device is that a translation movement can be performed with the radiation detector opposite the support. The option of performing a translation movement in relation to the support enables the radiation detector to be moved into the immediate vicinity of an obstacle in such a way that the movement of the support can be continued without interruption. In particular it is not necessary to first move the support with the radiation detector back in order to bring the radiation detector into the appropriate position and subsequently move the support with the radiation detector up to the obstacle again. In addition the device provides a large degree of flexibility since the radiation detector, on approaching an obstacle, does not have to be moved into the appropriate position in advance.
In a preferred embodiment is the radiation detector can be moved relative to the support while remaining at the same distance from it. This is sufficient if the support is in a position in which the spacing between the radiation detector and the object does not change with this type of movement.
In a further preferred embodiment the radiation detector is a position to perform the translation movement with a simultaneous change to the distance between the support and the radiation detector. This facility ensures that the distance between the radiation detector and the object to be investigated can remain largely the same in each case.
Furthermore provision can be made for the radiation source to be able to perform one of the translation movements which follows the translation movement of the radiation detector. In this way the imaging geometry can be largely retained if the radiation detector is moved.
Furthermore a monitoring device can be provided which is used to monitor the movement of the radiation detector and the radiation source for possible collisions. If there is a danger of a collision, the monitoring device initiates a translation movement of the radiation detector and if necessary of the radiation source through which the collision is avoided.
Further details and advantages of the device can be taken from the description below, in which the exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in detail on the basis of the enclosed drawing. The figures show:
The x-ray source 2 sends x-ray radiation 5 indicated by dashed lines in
The C-arm 4 is mounted via a support 12 on a pedestal 13. The C-arm 4 mounted on the support 12 can on the one hand be rotated around a pivot axis 14. In this case the C-arm 4 performs a pivot movement 15. Furthermore the C-arm 4 can execute a tilting movement 16, whereby the C-arm 4 is moved in a circumferential direction in a bearing mounted on the support 12 not shown in
Despite the many possibilities for positioning the x-ray source 2 and the x-ray detector 3 as well as the patient 7, situations can occur in which, as shown in
If the C-arm 4, as shown in
In
With a right-anterior-oblique or a left-anterior-oblique setting of the C-arm 4 it can be necessary for the x-ray source 2 and the x-ray detector 3 to be able to execute a sideways movement to the left or to the right. The left or right directional specifications relate in this case to the sideways directions, if the C-arm 4 is located in the anterior-posterior position and the observer is looking in the direction of the pivot axis 14 towards the ends of the C-arm 4.
Preferably the x-ray source 2 and the x-ray detector 3 are thus able to be moved with three degrees of freedom. In the anterior-posterior position these are the translation movements to the right and left, upwards and downwards and also backwards and forwards.
With the exemplary embodiment shown in
To avoid imposing an unnecessary radiation strain on the patient 7 and to exploit the complete shifted surface of the x-ray detector 3, the display of the collimator in the area of the x-ray source 2 can be adapted. With a modified exemplary embodiment the x-ray source 2 can also be shifted.
The exemplary embodiments described here provide a series of advantages. On the one hand the area over which an image can be recorded is increased when there is a danger of a collision of the C-arm 4 with the patient bed 8. On the other hand the angulation area is increased when large-area x-ray detectors are used. The x-ray device 1 thus has the advantages that are produced in each case when using x-ray detectors 3 with a larger and smaller imaging surface.
It should be pointed out that exemplary embodiments described here each include a C-arm 4. In accordance with the exemplary embodiments described here biplanar x-ray devices, which feature at least two C-arms 4 each with an x-ray source 2 and an x-ray detector 3, can be modified accordingly.
It should also be mentioned that the forwards movement 20, the lifting movement 22 as well as the backwards movement 25 can be initiated by a monitoring device in each case which identifies the danger of a collision and controls the movement of the x-ray source 2 and of the x-ray detector 3 suitably. The monitoring device can for example be a computer system that contains in a memory unit the allowed range of values for the position parameters. If the limits of the allowed parameter values are approached the translation movement is then initiated. In addition it is possible to equip the edges of the x-ray detector 3 with sensors with the aid of which the monitoring device can identify when an obstacle is being approached.
Kleen, Martin, Boese, Jan, Rahn, Norbert
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